The Classic MotorCycle - October 2016
Archive photograph ..........................................6
News ...................................................................8
Letters ............................................................... 14
BSA Gold Star ................................................... 18
James Comet De Luxe .....................................26
Subscribe and save ..........................................32
Touring in Mallorca ........................................34
Gilera Saturno .................................................40
Indian single ....................................................46
Glass plates – Ramsgate sprint, 1961 .............53
Matchless G85CS (spotlight) ..........................58
Lansdowne round-up .....................................62
Brooklands then and now ..............................64
Closer look – Earls Court show 1966 ..............66
Ben Matthews (Watsonian) interview ...........72
Men who mattered – John Draper ................. 74
Roy Poynting column .....................................76
Jerry Thurston column ....................................78
Social history of motorcycling .......................80
Martin Squires’ sketchbook ...........................84
You were asking ...............................................86
Restoration guide – Triumph Tiger singles ...90
Technical feature – wiring looms ..................92
Classic components – ammeters ...................98
Next month .................................................... 112
Classic camera ............................................... 114